Infrared marking device and methods

Details Infrared marking device and methods Infrared marking device and methods

2006-05-04

2010-02-09

Vanore, David A (Department: 2881)

Radiant energy

Radiant energy generation and sources

C250S495100, C250S336100, C359S515000, C359S516000, C359S517000, C359S518000

Reexamination Certificate

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07659527

ABSTRACT:
Infrared marking devices and methods for marking an object, such as a door, inside a structure, such as a smoke-filled or burning structure. The infrared marking device comprises a ring-shaped, elasticized outer sleeve having a tubular sidewall and an amount of a self-heating material confined inside the tubular sidewall of the outer sleeve. The self-heating material emits infrared radiation when activated to initiate an exothermic chemical reaction. The infrared radiation is visible in a thermal imaging camera. The method comprises activating a self-heating material confined inside a marking device to initiate an exothermic reaction that emits infrared radiation and applying the marking device to an object inside the structure.

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